Children’s Faith Formation 2011-12

Welcome to St. Martin’s Faith Formation!

Saint Martin
of Tours
La Mesa, California

Starting in the fall we will meet on most Sunday mornings at 8:15.  Each week’s sessions will be liturgically based and will use the scripture readings of the day as a basis for our faith sharing with the children.

All families of the Parish with children from 4 to 11 years old are welcome to register and participate in this program.  Registration will be in August and we will start in September.

Here is how the program works:

  • Parents will bring their child/ren to Parish Hall on Sunday mornings at 8:15 am and then they can join the other parents for coffee in Barry Hall prior to 9am Mass.

  • Faith Formation will begin in age appropriate groups with catechist to focus and prepare for the lessons of the readings of the day.

  • All the children will gather at 9:15am for the Liturgy of the Word from the Children’s Lectionary and discussion of the Word.

  • Parents will attend the 9 am Mass. At around 9:30 am (during the presentation of the gifts) the children will join their families in the church and celebrate the Liturgy of the Eucharist with the community.

It is our hope that this way of sharing our faith with the children of the parish will enhance their understanding and appreciation of the liturgy, scriptures and the traditions of our Catholic faith.

It will also afford parents the opportunity to participate in the first half of the Mass while their children are attending their own liturgical and catechetical sessions in the Hall. It will then bring parents and children together again for the Liturgy of the Eucharist and Holy Communion.

Printable Forms

Registration - Faith Formation

Calendar

Info Sheet

Sacramental Preparation Info

Sacramental Preparation Form

 

The Faith Formation program will take place most Sundays from September thru April.

We will be using the Lectionary based Pflaum Gospel Weeklies. Their aim is to provide complete instruction in Catholic doctrine, sacraments, commandments, and prayer – connected to the scriptures, to children’s concerns and indexed to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Everything necessary to hand on the Catholic faith with grace and beauty. 

In addition there is a web site www.pflaum.com to provide parents with further resources to enrich our understanding of Catholicism. 

Questions?
Contact Christine Davis at
619-698-8434 or
chris@saintmartinoftours.cc


2011 - 2012 Faith Formation Calendar
September 4
Family Mass
11
Class Session
18
No Session
25
Class Session
Catechetical Sunday
October 2
Family Mass
& Prep for 1st
Reconciliation
9
Class Session
16
No Session
LMSV School
Fall Break
23
Class Session
30
Class Session
November 6
Family Mass
& Prep for 1st Eucharist
13
No Session
20
Class Session
27
No Session
Happy Thanksgiving
 
December 4
Family Mass
& Prep for 1st
Reconciliation
11
Class Session
18
Class Session
25
No Session
Merry Christmas &
Happy New Year
 
January 1
Family Mass
(but NO step-out)
8
Class Session
15
Class Session
22
Class Session
29
No Session
February 5
Family Mass
& Prep for 1st Eucharist
12
Class Session
19
No Session
Presiden't Weekend
26
Class Session
 
March 4
Family Mass
& Prep for 1st Reconciliation
11
Class Session
18
Class Session
25
No Session
LA Congress
(Sept 17 at 11am)
1st Reconciliation
April 1
Family Mass
& Prep for 1st Eucharist
8
Happy Easter!
No Session
15
Class Session
22
Class Session
29
Last Session
May 6
Family Mass &
1st Eucharist Weekend
13
Happy Mother's
Day
20 27
Memorial Day